Lesson 1: Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere

Pressure changes with altitude data sheet
Graph paper
Poster board or newsprint
Markers or colored pencils
Resource Books
Computers with internet access

Lesson 2: Atmospheric Thermodynamics

Activity Sheet: Pressure in the Atmosphere

CBL (Calculator-based Laboratory)

Temperature probe

Force sensor (ideally with 0-5N range)

Barometer sensor

TI-82( or higher) and sensing programs (available for free download from http://www.ti.com or http://www.vernier.com

Ring stand (to hold pressure sensor)

"C-clamp" to hold ring stand to table

Masking tape

Glass jar or flask (have students bring in an old spaghetti sauce bottle). Plastic containers will not work.

Balloons

Rubber bands

Clay to seal container around wire

Safety goggles for every student

Lesson 3: Investigating Heat Transfer

Textbooks or other classroom resources

Ping-Pong balls (or film canisters, corks, Styrofoam peanuts, etc.-any light weight manipulative will do)

Blank overhead transparencies or white boards/chalkboards

Lesson 4: Wavelength, Frequency and Radiation

Small motor

9-volt battery

Small wooden or metal stick

One wave demonstration spring for each pair of students

Chart of the electromagnetic spectrum

Computer with internet Access

Lesson 5: The Earth's Energy Budget

Computer with internet Access

Lesson 5A: Introduction to Remote Sensing

Computer with internet access

Lesson 6: Albedo

Several satellite photos/posters of the Earth's surface

CBLs and light probes

Gray scale cards

Lesson 7: Analyzing Pressure and Wind Speed - Why Does Air Move?

Topographic map

Magdeburg Hemispheres

Pressure data maps (included below)

Straight edge

Graph paper

Calculators

Daily forecast map form newspaper or television.

Backup "real time" isobar/ pressure data maps

Lesson 8: Local Winds

50-100ml beakers,

CBL and temperature probes

Sand

Water

Graph paper

Technical reading selection on sea breezes

Text books or other reference material

Lesson 9: Global Winds

Computer with internet access

Lesson 9A: Investigating Cyclones

internet access with graphic capabilities

Groups of 2-3 Students

Colored pencils/markers

Lesson 9B: GOES Knows Thunderstorms

Computer with internet access and graphic capabilities

Groups of 2-3 Students

Colored pencils/markers

Lesson 9C: Hurricanes

Computer with internet access

Hurricane tracking chart

Lesson 10: Remote Sensing - Analysis of Ozone

Computers with internet access

Graph paper

Colored pencils

Lesson 11: Investigating an Atmospheric Event: The Greenhouse Effect

Computer with internet access

Lesson 12: Investigating an Atmospheric Event: Global Warming

Computers with internet access